Luoyang Colony

The Luoyang Colony was an expatriate community of foreigners from various European countries and the Great Powers formed on 22 July 1864 and disbanded on 31 December 1935. Doubtlessly, it was an effect of the Qing Dynasty government's policy of open ports and borders. The influx could be positive, as the government believed, however some voices had less kind things to say about the foreigners. However, the Qing government allowed them to stay and make homes, at it helped their research.